Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89
दक्षकन्या पुराहं वै पित्रा दत्ता यदा तव । यथोक्तविधिना तत्र विवाहो न कृतस्त्वया
dakṣakanyā purāhaṃ vai pitrā dattā yadā tava | yathoktavidhinā tatra vivāho na kṛtastvayā
Autrefois, lorsque j’étais la fille de Dakṣa et que mon père me donna à toi, tu n’accomplis pas là le mariage selon le rite prescrit.
Pārvatī (recalling Satī)
Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-smṛti locus (contextual) / Kedāra narrative frame
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: Umā recalls: formerly as Dakṣa’s daughter, given by her father to Śiva, the marriage was not performed according to prescribed rite—tone of gentle reproach and desire for rectification.
FAQs
Ritual propriety (vidhi) matters in dharma; neglecting due rites can create flaws that later manifest as conflict.
No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it references the Dakṣa household episode as moral-historical background.
The verse explicitly points to vivāha-vidhi (proper marriage rites) as having been omitted previously.